Blood Princess // Diabolik Lovers Fanfiction

Maniac Epilogue

Even when she was about to die,
A smile was perched on her face.
Full of happiness,
That's when I realized,
I couldn't pull the trigger.

She was a young demon,
Left to die in her hammock,
Discarded like garbage,
Like a useless piece of furniture.

I don't know what came over me.

But when I saw her,
I had found something,
Much more important,
Than what I've been taught.

To be able to protect someone.
The empathy I had thrown a long time ago.

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Anger.

Had she ever felt like this before? Even when her brother killed a cat in front of her; after torturing it multiple times? No. Not like this. This grief-stricken expression she had was not like her.

Alyssa's body felt really small in her arms. Lifeless. Beaten. Drained of all its energy. She was just a kid. How can someone do that to her?

"Why? Ivan, why? What did she ever do to you?!"

"She made you weak, Lilliane."

Caring for someone makes you weak. Her mother's words echoed in her head. That wasn't true. She still executed her orders perfectly. Not once did she fail in eliminating her targets.

What had possessed Ivan to kill Alyssa?

Lilliane lifted her head up, the sky looking far more calm than the memory that transpired in her mind. Drops of water streamed down her face; but it wasn't raining. Slowly, she raised her hand to touch her cheek.

Tears. When was the last time she had them?

She didn't know whether to categorize this as tears of sadness or anger. She did this to Alyssa. She destroyed her life. Simply because she had pitied an infant and took her in.

Alyssa always had a bright smile on her face. Lilliane remembered the first time she learned to walk. How her tiny feet struggled to keep up with her. The young girl gave her the hope she never had. Everything was fixed for her.

But Alyssa had given her the chance to be...a mother.

Bethroted. She was to be married into the Sakamaki family. She clenched her fist at the thought. Her father betrayed her trust. He planned this all along. Right from the moment he exiled her.

Still, Karlheinz assigned her to the Mukami brothers. Was he expecting that she get attached to them so easily? If so, then she had been fooled twice now.

A pitter-patter of water dropped on her head. Followed by another. And another one. The rain masked the sorrow she had on her face. She stayed under the cold weather, unmoving, as if waiting for a miracle to happen.

"This is stupid."

She turned around, about to make her way back home, but paused at the sight of a familiar woman standing in her way. Her eyes widened, mirroring the same red eyes the older female had.

Virgilia started to walk towards her sister. Liliane's feet seemed to be frozen on the ground, not even moving an inch when she had stood an arm's length in front of her.

"It's been a while, Hime-chan."

"Onee-sama...what are you doing here?"

She chuckled brushing a lock of her hair behind her ear. The rain continued to fall above them in a serene shower, not strong enough to block a clear view of the person in front of them.